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I’m 20 years old. I’ve had acne since I was 15, I tried pro…

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Hi my name is ***** ***** I’m 20 years old. I’ve had acne since I was 15, I tried pro active which made my skin worst. I went on accutane when I was 17 it got very severe and made my skin worst it left terrible scars on my cheeks, I was on accutane for 7 months. After a few months that I stopped accutane my cheeks did not have anymore acne, but instead my temples started to have severe acne. I tried minocyclene, after 17 days of the treatment I started to have an allergy reaction to it. I tried deffrin. I went on a 3 day only apple and water diet, and did enema for those 3 days. I drank a lot of water everyday. Cut sugar completely out of my diet for the longest time and I still don’t eat food with high sugar (pops, candies, chocolate, I put honey in my tea instead of sugar) I eat a lot of vegetables and fruits everyday. And I still have acne. I started to wash my face with tea tree oil facial wash for a while. I also cut red meat out of my diet and only ate fish. Now I get acne on my forehead and scalp as well as my temples. I’m tired of this non ending battle with acne. I don’t wanna sound like a wuss, but my acne is affecting my life very much, I skipped many of my classes in high school and went home so people wouldn’t see me. Many days when I would wake up to go to school I would take a look at myself in the mirror and pretended that I’m going to school and when my mom would go to work I would stay home. Now that I’m in college its even worst since it seems like I’m the only one who’s stuck in puberty. My self esteem is lower than al of my class mates. During presentations I look like a fish who’s out of the water and is shaking. I wanna suicide but I’m not that brave. Its like being stuck somewhere and there’s no way in or out. Please help me.

HelloThere certainly are some excellent solutions available.I would recommend consulting a dermatologist who has laser or IPL capability. You would benefit from treatment with the Smoothbeam laser. This laser works to destroy the sebaceous glands which play a crucial role in acne. Similarly, high intensity photodynamic therapy also will give you a long term remission. You can check out what Rox Anderson has to say on this on You Tube. A chemical is applied to your skin and then an hour later you undergo light treatment. When this is intense, as Dr. Anderson suggests, there can be a long term improvement.Diet probably has a minimal role. Of the things you tried only a low carb diet shows validity.I would recommend Zithromax as an antibiotic. I have seen some excellent results, with that, that are often better than we see with the Tetracycline. Tazorac is stronger than Differin and is a good choice along with Acanya and Aczone.Happy to answer further questions.

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